Commentary
In 1976, President Gerald Ford gave official federal recognition to Black History Month to “honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That’s a worthy objective.
A recording of a speech by Martin Luther King (seen in this 1966 photograph) turned up at a college in Kansas. AFP/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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